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The Cross in Our Life

On the occasion of the feast of the Cross, we mention the following points:

Our first relationship with the Cross starts by baptism, where our old Adam is crucified so that sin will never enslave us.

The Church has carried the Cross during the martyrdom period and in all the persecutions that followed it during the lapse of time…

The beauty of the Cross is that the Church carried it with joy and patience,… without any complaint or grumbling…

The Cross changed into a longing that the Church desires and proceeds towards.

The way in which the Christians received death puzzled the pagans. It was a reflection of the Christians’ faith in eternal joy and disdain of the world, with all its pleasures and enjoyment’s…

The prisons turned into temples, where hymns and prayers echoed from the Christians who were joyful to receive death.

The third field where we carry the Cross is the narrow gate…

A person might constrain himself for the sake of God. He isolates himself from the world and all its desires. He disclaims everything for God’s sake… by fasting, devoutness, self control and enduring others’ offenses.

The Cross of weariness could also be included in this field…

One toils in one’s services for God and labours (in crucifying the flesh with its passions). The Apostle says that, “He toils in struggling and crucifying the thought and overcoming oneself,” knowing all the time that he “will receive his own reward according to his own labour.” (I Cor. 3:8) Christianity could never be separated from the Cross…

The Lord Jesus told us plainly that “… In the world you will have tribulation” and he also said, “and you will be hated by all for My name’s sake.” (Matt. 10:22)

We welcome and rejoice with the Cross, and see our strength in it. As the Apostle said, “For the message of the Cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved, it is the power of God.” (I Cor. 1: 18)

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